intelliadmin.com — Many system administrators are going to be taken by surprise when IE 7 is pushed out automatically by Microsoft. There are considerable changes that could cause many headaches. Most administrators would prefer to decide when IE 7 is deployed on their network.
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tradjikOct 11, 2006
If you MS admins are so upset about this at your company then create a GPO, disable the automatic update service and use a patch management solution.HFNetcheck, GFi, RADIA, WSUS are a few that come to mind.Not like IE7 is a big suprise, it was announced a long time ago that it would be pushed out using automatic update. If you haven't tested it by now you have no one else to blame. Since you shouldn't have users as admins on their boxes there will be no way it will touch your machines until you deploy it.Or hey, block the update, get the IE7 setup/deployment wizard, create your own install and push that.It was all doom-and-gloom when XP SP2 was announced as an automatic update, not saying there weren't any headaches, but it wasn't the end of the world.
mordainOct 11, 2006
hmmm, good work, wish i thought of it first.
matt88Oct 11, 2006
My work only updated to IE6 (from IE 5.5) two weeks ago. I'm guessing they will update to IE7 in about 5 years time.
archer1980Oct 11, 2006
@mictesterHave you even tested IE7? or i should specify, RC1 of IE7?. I've been running it on my machine for testing purposes since it came out, and i've run all the beta's as well, and i haven't had a single crash.As for most of the comments on here, i don't see the harm in letting it go through as an automatic update. Most IT personnel by now should have been testing IE7 right from Beta 1 to see how it's been reacting with there products, i know i have been. So, when the final release comes out, i can confidently say that it's not going to crash on us. If i had seen a problem with some of the software we currently use then yeah, i'd be ontop of it.I smell the Stench of Firefox and Opera Fanboys in this thread.
ckrimmelOct 11, 2006
And after all of the hype...just ran windows update on my home machine, work machine, and syncrhonized WSUS - no IE7.
jonstafariOct 11, 2006
ha -- it's never too late... it'll take a few hours of your day, and it's worth it -- even if you're not on 2003 domain!
crawfishsoulOct 13, 2006
Can anyone provide a link on how to install IE7 without uninstalling IE6? I would like to run both versions on my machine for testing purposes. All of the articles/tut's I've seen so far only detail that the IE7 beta will restore IE6 on uninstall.If this info isn't yet available because the final IE7 isn't out, then I sure hope the instructions make it to the front page when they are available!